No. 9 Huskers Fall to No. 1 Gophers, 27-7

Lincoln, Neb.- The No. 9 Nebraska wrestling team
fell to No. 1 Minnesota in its home opener at the NU Coliseum on Friday night,
27-7.

The loss
marks the first for the Huskers this season following a 2-0 road trip last weekend.
The Golden Gophers improve to 2-0 with the victory. Minnesota opened with a
32-6 win over Hofstra on Friday, Nov. 9.

In the
first match of the night, Minnesota's No. 1 Tony Nelson won by major decision
over Nebraska's Donny Longendyke in the heavyweight battle, 11-2. Nelson improves
to 5-0 with the win and Longendyke falls to 3-5.

The Gophers
added two major decisions in the next three matches with No. 6 David Thorn
defeating Eric Coufal, 14-3 at 125 pounds, and No. 8 Nick Dardanes topping
Skylar Galloway, 11-2, at 141 pounds. At 133 pounds, No. 6 Chris Dardanes won a
12-5 decision over Nebraska's Shawn Nagel.

Trailing
15-0, the Huskers' Jake Sueflohn picked up the team's first victory with his
14-5 major decision over Seth Lange. No. 13 Sueflohn moves to 5-0 on the year
and earned his first major decision of 2012-13. Lange falls to 1-1 with the
loss.

The Huskers
picked up their second straight victory with No. 5 James Green's 14-9 decision
over Minnesota's Brad Dolezal. Green, a sophomore, won his eighth match on the
season, while Dolezal fell to 12-2. With the win, the Huskers cut the Gophers'
lead to 15-7.

At 165
pounds, Austin Wilson lost an 8-6 decision to No. 9 Cody Yohn. Wilson falls to
5-2 with the loss and Yohn improves to 6-1. No. 5 Logan Storley kept Minnesota's
momentum going with a sudden victory over fellow South Dakota native No. 7
Robert Kokesh, 3-1, at 174 pounds. Kokesh suffers his first loss of the season
following a 5-0 start.

Minnesota
won at 184 and 197 pounds by 3-1 decisions to close out the match. No. 4 Kevin
Steinhaus of Minnesota won over No. 6 Josh Ihnen, while No. 12 Scott Schiller
defeated Caleb Kolb. Ihnen falls to 6-1 with the loss and Kolb moves to 1-3.

The Huskers
return to action on Sunday for a pair of duals against North Carolina and South
Dakota State starting at noon.